# Managed Service for Microsoft Active Directory documentation

[Read product documentation](https://docs.cloud.google.com/managed-microsoft-ad/docs/overview)
Managed Service for Microsoft Active Directory is a highly available, hardened Google Cloud service running
Microsoft AD that enables you to manage your cloud-based AD-dependent
workloads, automate AD server maintenance and security configuration, and connect
your on-premises AD domain to the cloud.

## Documentation resources

Find quickstarts and guides, review key references, and get help with common issues.

### Guides

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  Quickstarts:
  [Create a domain](https://docs.cloud.google.com/managed-microsoft-ad/docs/create-domain),

  [Join a Linux VM to a domain](https://docs.cloud.google.com/managed-microsoft-ad/docs/quickstart-domain-join-linux),
  or
  [Join a Windows VM to a domain](https://docs.cloud.google.com/managed-microsoft-ad/docs/quickstart-domain-join-windows)


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  [Create a trust with an on-premises domain](https://docs.cloud.google.com/managed-microsoft-ad/docs/create-trust)

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  [Connect to a Managed Microsoft AD domain](https://docs.cloud.google.com/managed-microsoft-ad/docs/connect-to-active-directory-domain)

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  [Manage Active Directory objects](https://docs.cloud.google.com/managed-microsoft-ad/docs/manage-active-directory-objects)

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  [Deploy an Active Directory resource forest](https://docs.cloud.google.com/managed-microsoft-ad/docs/part-1-deploy-active-directory)

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  [Create a group Managed Service Account](https://docs.cloud.google.com/managed-microsoft-ad/docs/create-gmsa)

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  [Use delegated administrator account](https://docs.cloud.google.com/managed-microsoft-ad/docs/how-to-use-delegated-admin)

### Reference

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  [REST API](https://docs.cloud.google.com/managed-microsoft-ad/reference/rest)

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  [gcloud active-directory commands](https://docs.cloud.google.com/sdk/gcloud/reference/active-directory)

### Resources

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  [Pricing](https://docs.cloud.google.com/managed-microsoft-ad/pricing)

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  [Billing questions](https://docs.cloud.google.com/managed-microsoft-ad/docs/billing-questions)

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  [Common questions](https://docs.cloud.google.com/managed-microsoft-ad/docs/faq)

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  [Release notes](https://docs.cloud.google.com/managed-microsoft-ad/docs/release-notes)

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  [Quotas and limits](https://docs.cloud.google.com/managed-microsoft-ad/quotas)

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  [Get support](https://docs.cloud.google.com/managed-microsoft-ad/docs/get-support)

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  [Troubleshoot Managed Microsoft AD](https://docs.cloud.google.com/managed-microsoft-ad/docs/troubleshooting)

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